Spring in Clark County Arkansas

Visiting at my brother's....enjoying a beautiful evening in my SIL's garden!

Green and pretty...a few early blossoms..

 

Roses pretty pink...

 

And SO fragrant!

Chickens!

 

This arch will soon be covered in blossoms!

My clever sister in law makes large iron hoops from an old cattle feeder into two trellises!

I'm so glad I drove down today!

 

A glorious, sunny Mother's Day here!

Peonies and iris blooming together!

Columbines doing their utmost!

Pinks and lambsear beside a garden stone which says, "How lovely is the silence of growing things".

Japanese iris have multiplied year after year! Soon we will have lilies in bloom.

An apricot/peach/pink iris!

Our Gertrude Jekyll (from David Austin) fragrant pink rose!

In the back yard, the lasagne ( layered) garden from last summer has leaf lettuce, spinach and maybe someday, turnips! [Below]

Freshly picked and ready for my lunch!

New tomato and pepper plants were just set out today.....in the newest lasagne bed.

It's all about names today.....

The first rose of summer....."a rose by any other name" ....this is a rose named "Gertrude Jekyll". Not a pretty name, but she was a great gardener. ..."would smell as sweet." This is a David Austen English rose and it does have a wonderful fragrance! (photo taken just minutes ago, truly the first rose of the season for us!)

Names are being discussed on "Writing from Life" . "Do you like YOUR name?" asks Carmen. I answered in her comment section. I do like my name, now. It has many meanings from many cultures.

"Lila"="dark-haired beauty" in Persian, "purple or indigo" in Spanish, "divine play" in Sanskrit.

Which brings us to how we named our blogs, being discussed by Peta and friends. [I found this from, "Greenish Lady"'s blog.] The explanation for the name of my blog is above in the blog banner....at that time, I had no idea that "lila" could be "indigo" (or maybe blue-violet) in Spanish. I love all colors, but find myself drawn over and over again to indigo. So it is a good name for my blog.

Another snowy forecast and more art journal pages

This is a fictional nostalgic page about a French follies bergere dancer who has memories from the past as rare as pearls! -Life is the dancer and you are the dance. (Eckhart Tolle)


This is a dreamy "sleeping beauty" called "Luna", she is waiting for some important romance in her life! It has something to do with being awakened with a kiss...otherwise, she will just sit in that chair and pine away!

Here is a romantic memory....on the blog of the photographer of a wedding last summer. Yes, it was my son's wedding day!

My contribution to Daisy Lupin's "Poems we loved as children"....

What is Pink?

by Christina Rossetti

What is pink? a rose is pink

By the fountain's brink.

What is red? a poppy's red

In its barley bed.

What is blue? the sky is blue

Where the clouds float thro'.

What is white? a swan is white

Sailing in the light.

What is yellow? pears are yellow,

Rich and ripe and mellow.

What is green? the grass is green,

With small flowers between.

What is violet? clouds are violet

In the summer twilight.

What is orange? why, an orange,

Just an orange!

Looking back, I realize just how much I have always loved color! (And there is

a pear again, in her visualization and description of lovely things to paint!)

Nothing too deep to write about today....

I found something indigo....

jeans and they have a red rose on the hip pocket. This is satisfying to my inner "flower girl"....or "flower child"....from Susan Bristol and on sale where I work....how can I resist?

More pink for February!!!!!

This is a photo of the world's BEST rose scented candle...."Classic Rose" by a.i. Root candle company.

It is all natural and smells like heaven...they use only soy or beeswax...no petroleum!!

Smells like heaven and won't give you an allery attack or a sinus headache.

Today I will buy rose candles!